People group profile · PG039251
The Highland Totonac of Mexico
The Highland Totonac of Mexico, numbering about 227,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are associated with El Tajin's Pyramid of the Niches, a 7th-to-12th-century ceremonial center, a people of Mexico's Veracruz and Puebla highlands known for the Danza de los Voladores, an ancient pole-flying ritual now recognized by UNESCO.
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Highland Totonac.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 227,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Highland Totonac (tos)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Veracruz: Acatlán municipality, southwest of Pozo Rico; Puebla: Francisco Z. Mena municipaliy
Where they live
Gospel status
The Highland Totonac are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Highland Totonac
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
78% adherents
Primary language
Highland Totonac · Totonacan family
87% speak Highland Totonac
Gospel resources in Highland Totonac
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Totonaca, Sierra)
Bibles
- 1999 Bible League International · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Highland Totonac
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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